205 Live

WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Buddy Murphy didn’t have a singles match on Wednesday, but he and Tony Nese took on Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali in an INCREDIBLE match that really can’t be described.

There has been speculation that Alexander was going to turn heel on his long-time friend, Ali, but there was no hint of that on Wednesday. Ali and Alexander worked together like a well-oiled machine, as did Murphy and Nese. There were a couple of odd spots. One where Murphy almost fell on Ali after a kick to the face and Ali shot his shoulder off the mat and one where Alexander and Ali were going for a Double Superplex on Murphy, but Murphy and Ali both slipped off the turnbuckle. However, those little flubs didn’t stop Heart and Soul from pulling out a fantastic victory over the Body Guys, and Alexander put another foot on his road to his rematch.

Mike Kanellis and TJP vs Lucha House Party: The feud between LHP and Team Maria’s Minions has been raging for a few weeks with Maria promising to destroy LHP, though what exactly her problem is is still a mystery to me.

This week, though, Mike Kanellis wasn’t thinking too much about LHP, he was looking to use Scottish Supernova Noam Dar as a stepping stone. Unfortunately, Dar wasn’t in the mood to be stepped on and taught Kanellis a lesson in underestimating people.

Dar would pull out the victory with some help from LHP, who not only distracted Kanellis, but Kalisto got in a sneak kick to Kanellis’ nose in a little payback to help Dar win. Sauce for the goose is salsa for the gansos, boys.

Backstage, TJP, still thinking his win at the Cruiserweight Classic meant anything, was demanding to know why he hadn’t gotten a title shot. When Maverick pointed out that TJP hasn’t exactly been lighting the ring on fire and his one claim to fame was two years in the past, the petulant TJP mocked Maverick’s situation at Survivor Series.

To add to Maverick’s headache, the Kanellises came in complaining about the finish to Mike’s match with Dar.  Maria is done just trying to beat LHP, she wants to embarrass them. To shut everyone up, Maverick proposes a Tornado Match next week: LHP vs Mike Kanellis and TJP. Once that was agreed to, he told the who group to get lost, very politely of course.

Hideo Itami vs Levy Cruse: The Man Who Demands Respect is back and apparently didn’t learn his lesson after his defeat at the hands of Mustafa Ali. Itami brutalized poor Levy Cruse and got the pin, but continued to attack him. It looked like Ariya Daivari was coming to Cruse’s aid, but instead joined in the assault and then offered his hand to Itami in friendship, but it was clear that Itami smelled a rat. We’ll see where this goes.

Party of Gulak vs Brian Kendrick and Akira Tozawa: We finally had some life in the Gulak/Kendrick feud. It was revealed on Wednesday that Gulak and Kendrick will face off next week on 205 Live. Kendrick prepared by sparring with Tozawa and getting pushed by the Stamina Monster into losing his temper, while Gulak ran his mouth. Wednesday will be interesting.

NXT

NXT Championship: Tomaso Ciampa is the greatest thing since sliced bread and he has no problem letting everyone know that. The NXT Champ hasn’t been seen since his victory over Velveteen Dream at War Games, but don’t worry, the Blackheart will be back next week, so everyone had better be prepared.

NXT Women’s Division: Kairi Sane is still licking her wounds, and looking for revenge, after being robbed of the NXT Women’s Championship by Shayna Baszler and her friends. Fortunately, Sane has found some allies in her fight against the Queen of Spades: Best friend Io Shirai, and Dakota Kai. Kai has had her own issues with Baszler and is eager to take on the Queen and her court. Shirai is fighting for the honor of her best friend. Look out Baszler, you might’ve bitten off more than you can chew.

Candice LeRae’s public image might be the sweet All-American SoCal girl, but Mrs. Wrestling showed a surprising nasty streak in her match against Nikki Cross last week. However, LeRae refused to answer any questions about her actions or the actions of her husband when confronted by NXT interviewers. Is all not right in Ms. LeRae’s world?

Mia Yim vs Vanessa Borne: The Blasian Baddie may have taken the Mae Young Classic by storm, but she’s had some trouble on the NXT roster, after coming up short against Biance Belair last week. This week, Yim took on the Vision, Vanessa Borne.

Borne wasn’t impressed by Yim and showed it by not being a good sport and giving Yim a straight right hand that Yim made her pay for. Borne dominated much of the match, but made the mistake of running her mouth a little too much, which made opening for Yim, who gave her opponent a nice taste of Sole Food for the pin.

NXT Tag Team Division: Danny Burch is back from his quick visit to NXT UK and teamed up with long-time partner, Oney Lorcan to take on the Mighty.

This was a brutal match that was very back and forth. The Bald Brawlers may have been tough as nails, but the Mighty were no lightweights. However, the Brawlers would pull out a pinfall win, but the enraged Mighty pulled off a moral victory by beating the Brawlers up and leaving them in the ring, so take your pick who the real winner was.

EC3 vs Marcel Barthel: The One Percenter is back after his brutal beating at the hands of the Undisputed Era and he took on newcomer Marcel Barthel. This wasn’t much of a contest, though Barthel would dominate parts of it, there was no stopping EC3, who would put Barthel away with a neckbreaker for the pin.

After his victory, 3 got on the mic and addressed Undisputed Era. He wants Bobby Fish, JUST Bobby Fish. He’ll let the rest of Undisputed Era live, but Fish is going to pay for what happened before War Games.

Lars Sullivan vs Keith Lee: The Battle of the Behemoths was this week. Sullivan and Lee have been making names for themselves as unstoppable forces, and now it was time for them to meet up.

I wish I could say that this match exceeded my expectations, but it didn’t. I’m not a fan of either of these guys and wasn’t impressed by the match. Lee and Sullivan just couldn’t seem to gel in a way that made the match watchable, in my opinion. Sullivan would pull out the win, but that was it.

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